GER 234 - Defining “Germanness” (in trans.)

This course explores the manner in which Germany and Germans are depicted in literature and film, primarily film adaptations of those literary works, including both German and “Hollywood” films. Fictional representations of “Germanness” are subjected to critical scrutiny and analysis, from Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) and its first American screen adaptation to the consummately wholesome The Sound of Music to the scathingly critical films of Fassbinder to the playfully satiric Schulze Gets the Blues. Texts are in English translation, German films have subtitles.

Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2009-10.)